Let us recall the event of the past_
For Those With Birthdays 15th
April looking for specific year
these years are Included on this
date
1912, 1926, 1927, 1937,
1942, 1945, 1946, 1947,
1959, 1967, 1977, 1981,
1986, 1989, 1990, 1992,
2000, 2008, 2010, 2011,
2012, Born This Day,
1942 Malta George Cross 15th
April 1942 : The people from the
tiny Island of Malta in the
Mediterranean Sea ( 121 sq
miles ) are awarded The George
Cross by King George VI. Malta
played a crucial role in World
War II owing to its proximity to
Axis shipping lanes and the
Germans and Italians bombed
the Island on daily basis and
sunk any ships trying to supply
food and medical supplies to the
Island. In the first 200 days of
1942 there was only one 24
hour period when no bombs fell
and the Maltese people spent so
much time in their underground
shelters that health standards
declined, malnutrition spread
and scabies was rife. The Island
continued under siege with littl
food arriving right until May
1943 when the siege of Malta
was finally lifted.
1912 Titanic Sinks 14th April
1912 : The RMS Titanic struck
an iceberg just before midnight
on 14th April. The Ship with
2,200 passengers and crew on
board on it's maiden voyage
was thought to be unsinkable
but it sank after 2 1/2 hours
when the ship breaks in two in
the Atlantic Ocean, With More
than 1,500 people on the ship
lost to the sea.
1926 France French Franc 15th
April 1926 : The French Franc
dropped again today against the
US Dollar to an all time low of
29.73 to the Dollar
1927 United States Great
Mississippi Flood 15th April
1927 : 15 inches of rain fall in
hours causing the Mississippi
River to brake out of its levee
system at 145 locations, more
than Twenty-seven thousand
square miles of land is flooded
in 10 states AR, IL, KY, LA, MS,
MO, TN, TX, OK and KS,
Arkansas is the worst affected
with 14% of the state flooded.
1937 Spain Spanish Civil War
15th April 1937 : Countries
around the world are seeking to
intervene in the Spanish Civil
War and to ask all parties to
join peace talks
1945 Germany Belsen
Concentration Camp 15th April
1945 : British troops liberate the
German Bergen / Belsen
Concentration camp finding
thousands of dead and rotting
corpses and many more
thousands of sick and starving
prisoners kept in severely
overcrowded and dirty
compounds. The prisoners were
suffering from acute typhus,
typhoid and tuberculosis due to
no running water in the camp .
Over 30,000 had died in the
previous months many from
typhus but even more from
starvation
1946 China 30 Million Starving
15th April 1946 : Nearly 30
million people are close to dying
of starvation and the countries
of the world are trying to send
food to help those starving
including the US the United
Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation department is co-
ordinating efforts
1947 U.S.A. Jackie Robinson
15th April 1947 : Jackie
Robinson, becomes the first
African American player in
Major League Baseball when he
steps onto Ebbets Field in
Brooklyn to compete for the
Brooklyn Dodgers
1959 Cuba Fidel Castro 15th
April 1959 : Fidel Castro , Prime
Minister of Cuba, flew to
Washington for an 11-day visit
to promote Cuba to Americans.
1967 U.S.A. Vietnam War
Protestors 15th April 1967 :
180,000 Protesters were in New
York and San Francisco to
protest against the Vietnam
War with a number of
protesters burning draft cards
1977 U.S.A. Roman Polanski
15th April 1977 : Roman
Polanski the director of China
Town and Rosemary's baby
pleads innocence to charge of
drug rape of 13 yr old girl
1981 U.S.A. Janet Cooke 15th
April 1981 : Washington Post
reporter Janet Cooke
relinquished the Pulitzer Prize
she had received two days
earlier for her feature "Jimmy's
World published in The
Washington Post on September
29, 1980" about an 8-year-old
heroin addict after admitting
she had fabricated the story.
1986 Libya US Air Strikes 15th
April 1986 : The US launches
air strikes on Libya in
retaliation for Libyan backed
terrorism including the
bombing of La Belle
discotheque in West Berlin 10
days earlier. USA planes
bombed targets in the Libyan
capital, Tripoli, and the
Benghazi region. Colonel
Muamar Gaddafi residential
compound took a direct hit that
killed Hanna Gaddafi, the
adopted baby daughter of the
Libyan leader
1989 England Hillsborough
Stadium Disaster 15th April
1989 : The FA Cup semi-final
between Nottingham Forest and
Liverpool at Hillsborough
Stadium in Sheffield, England,
turned to tragedy when at least
200 people were injured and 96
crushed to death, many of them
teenagers and children. The
problems were caused by too
many Liverpool fans being
allowed in to the back of an
already full stand at the
Leppings Lane end of the
ground, as more fans were
allowed in those already there
were pushed forward and
crushed against the high, wired-
topped safety fences.
1990 Soviet Union Lithuania
Independence 15th April 1990 :
Lithuania continues it's goal of
Independence but The Soviet
Union president threatens to
cut off supplies including Oil
and Natural Gas unless they
rescind request for
independence and laws that
would mean seizing Soviet
buildings and facilities.
1992 U.S.A. Leona Helmsley
15th April 1992 : Leona
Helmsley, starts a four-year
prison term in Lexington,
Kentucky for failing to pay her
taxes, she served a total of only
18 months in jail. Her famous
quote "Only the little people pay
taxes." turned the press and the
public against her who never
forgave her for the infamous
saying.
2000 Zimbabwe White Farmer
Murdered 15th April 2000 :
Approximately 1,000 farms are
now occupied by ( squatters )
so-called "war veterans" backed
by President Robert Mugabe's
ruling Zanu-PF party. And one
white farmer "David Stevens" in
Zimbabwe was taken from his
farm and has been shot dead by
(Squatters). In spite of pressure
from the international
community, President Robert
Mugabe pressed on with his
plan to remove Zimbabwe's
farms from white ownership,
and a further 10 white farmers
were murdered. Many farmers
have given up their farms and
left the country but others
stayed hoping to keep their
farms but in September 2002
Zimbabwe's parliament adopted
new legislation making it easier
to evict them.
2008 World Food Prices
Problem 15th April 2008 : As
food prices continue to increase
due to multiple reasons
including gas prices, poor
harvests and the increased use
of ethanol based fuel. The
people who are the most
affected are the poorest
members of the world who
spend the highest percentage of
income on feeding themselves.
The World Bank President
Robert Zoellick has appealed to
richer nations to increase the
food aid to some of the
countries worst effected after
riots in Haiti, Bangladesh,
Egypt and other countries over
surging food prices.
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2008 United States Pope
Benedict XVI Visit 15th April
2008 : Pope Benedict XVI has
received a Presidential greeting
from George Bush and his wife
on his first official visit to the
United States. Mr. Bush was
waiting on the tarmac at
Andrews Air Force Base when
the Pontiff's plane touched
down. As part of his six-day
visit, the Pope will be
addressing the U.N. and leading
prayers at Ground Zero. The
Pope will be leaving on April
20th.
2010 Europe Volcanic ash has
grounded European flights 15th
April 2010 : All flights in and
out of several European
countries have been suspended
as ash from the volcanic
eruption in Iceland continues to
move south. Up to four
thousand flights are being
canceled with airspace closed in
Norway, Britain, Sweden,
France, Finland and Denmark.
The U.K.'s air traffic control
service has said that no flights
will be allowed to enter U.K.
airspace until at least 0700 BST
on April 16th. Eurocontrol has
said that the problem will
persist for at least forty-eight
hours. The volcano is still
spewing ash and the wind
direction is expected to continue
bringing clouds into European
airspace for some time.
2010 United States Obama
announces a trip to Mars 15th
April 2010 : Barack Obama has
said that it is likely that
astronauts will be sent to orbit
Mars by the mid-2030's. The
President made the claim in a
major speech to staff and guests
at the Kennedy Space Center,
where he outlined the details of
his new policies on space
exploration. Obama said that he
has given NASA some
challenging goals, and the
funding to achieve them. This
will include an extra $6 billion
over the next five years.
Denmark 2011 Denmark
Replica of Graceland Opens in
Denmark 15th April, 2011 : A
replica of the Graceland Estate
owned by Elvis Presley was
opened in Randers, Denmark.
The building is twice the size of
the original in order to fit a
museum, restaurant, and shop,
and, despite the size difference,
it is nearly identical. The
building was created by Elvis
fan Henrick Knudsen who had
the blessing of Elvis's widow
Priscilla.
North Korea 2012 North Korea
Kim Jong-un Makes First Major
Public Speech
15th April, 2012 : The new
North Korean leader Kim Jong-
un has made his first major
public speech during a
celebration of the centenary of
the country's founder's birth.
The young leader praised the
military first doctrine of the
country and offered respects to
Kim Il-sung (his grandfather
and founder of North Korea)
and the recently deceased Kim
Jong-il.18esar 15th5thhat Happened This Day

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